Failure and impact behavior of facade panels made of glass fiber reinforced cement(GRC)

Enfedaque Díaz, Alejandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-7358, Cendón Franco, David Ángel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7256-0814, Gálvez Díaz-Rubio, Francisco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2894-935X and Sanchez Galvez, Vicente ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9837-8850 (2011). Failure and impact behavior of facade panels made of glass fiber reinforced cement(GRC). In: "The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis", 04/07/2010 - 07/07/2010, Cambridge, UK.

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Title: Failure and impact behavior of facade panels made of glass fiber reinforced cement(GRC)
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Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis
Event Dates: 04/07/2010 - 07/07/2010
Event Location: Cambridge, UK
Title of Book: Engineering Failure Analysis. The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis Part 2
Date: October 2011
Volume: 18, is
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Freetext Keywords: GRC; Impact behavior; Gas gun; Numerical simulation
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canales y Puertos (UPM)
Department: Ingeniería Civil: Construcción
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

GRC is a cementitious composite material made up of a cement mortar matrix and chopped glass fibers. Due to its outstanding mechanical properties, GRC has been widely used to produce cladding panels and some civil engineering elements. Impact failure of cladding panels made of GRC may occur during production if some tool falls onto the panel, due to stone or other objects impacting at low velocities or caused by debris projected after a blast. Impact failure of a front panel of a building may have not only an important economic value but also human lives may be at risk if broken pieces of the panel fall from the building to the pavement. Therefore, knowing GRC impact strength is necessary to prevent economic costs and putting human lives at risk.
One-stage light gas gun is an impact test machine capable of testing different materials subjected to impact loads. An experimental program was carried out, testing GRC samples of five different formulations, commonly used in building industry. Steel spheres were shot at different velocities on square GRC samples. The residual velocity of the projectiles was obtained both using a high speed camera with multiframe exposure and measuring the projectile’s penetration depth in molding clay blocks. Tests were performed on young and artificially aged GRC samples to compare GRC’s behavior when subjected to high strain rates. Numerical simulations using a hydrocode were made to analyze which parameters are most important during an impact event.
GRC impact strength was obtained from test results. Also, GRC’s embrittlement, caused by GRC aging, has no influence on GRC impact behavior due to the small size of the projectile. Also, glass fibers used in GRC production only maintain GRC panels’ integrity but have no influence on GRC’s impact strength. Numerical models have reproduced accurately impact tests.

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Item ID: 7942
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/7942/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:7942
Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13506...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 30 Sep 2011 07:35
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2018 06:45
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